On Thursday, October 30, at 11 a.m. Kansas City Star Political Columnist and host of KCUR talk show host, Steve Kraske, broadcasts live from the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St. with a distinguished group of political pundits.

The show, Up-to-Date with Steve Kraske, will delve into the upcoming presidential election with The Star’s Dave Helling, University of Kansas political scientist Burdett Loomis, and KMBC-TV political correspondent Micheal Mahoney. The trio will provide in-depth analysis and predictions of the issues and candidates appearing on the November 4 ballot in Kansas and Missouri, including this year’s historic presidential election, as well as the Missouri governor’s race, the U.S. senate battle between incumbent Pat Roberts and Democrat Jim Slattery, and congressional contests between Sam Graves and Kay Barnes, Emmanuel Cleaver and Jacob Turk, Dennis Moore and Nick Jordan.